Improved packing tobacco-box



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.aient @pitite N .uitrit .toiles WILLIAM" cILLs; or PIIILALIILPHIA,4PENNSYLVANIA.

` `'Lam Pamela. 105,428, daad .my 19,1870.

IMPRovED PAcKING Tor'sAcco-Box- To 4all whom it may concern y z n.;Y itknownaat rwanda oms, of the, any and` county of Philadelphia ,and Stateof .Pennsyl- Vania, have inventedfa fnewfand improved PackingTobacco-Box andl do'herebydeelare that the followy 4ingis afull, clear,and` exactydescription of the constructionland operation'of the same,reference being `had tothe accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, inwhich- Figure 1 is'a vertical section. Figure 2 is asideelevation.` y i `Figure 3 `is a view of Vdog tozbe used, inconnection i with screws, for securing `the two sections of box toi,Like letters in the'diicrent gnres of 'the drawing indicate like parts;

My invention consists--` First, cfa packing tobaccobox,'jmade withgrooves :for receiving and lroldingthe ends, the upper `end or headbeing arranged to slide, and having a portion,

formingt-lre front` ofthe box, attached` to it, in cornbrnationwithtfenders and,ganges, so as to prevent the' tobacco from pressinginto the grooves while pack- :Ing itin the box, and to indicate thepoint to which i the tobacco shouldbepressed, thus i avoidingthe`inconvenience,time,` and expense ot' securing the ends `withbeveledrcleats and nails;also,the injuring or breaking ofthe box whenopening` it, enabling it to be used repeatedly for `the same purpose,thereby savl ing the cost of a new box. r

i `Second,ot` a packing tobacco-box, with the upper portionmadeseparate, so as to attach'it by screws,-

in combination with the isliding head, so that, if the' "tobaccoshouldrise or spring up, afterit has vbeen pressed down, suieientlyztointerfere with thelsliding of the .head in ther grooves,the upperportion `eanfbe Y", raised upto allow the insertion of it by looseningthe i screws, the whole`.tlr`en being pressed down and the i yscrewstightened.

I Theconstrnction is as follows:

A is the box, made-of the usualA size and shape, and provided withgroovesto receive and'hold the ends B `and 0,',the upper 4endjor headBbeing arranged.v to

slide freelyin the grooves, and having the upper part a, `forming-thefront of the box, attached to it.` j y -I ,The upperportion, D, belowthegrooves, is made,

separate, `so as to}attachfit',by screws b b.

v 'E Eli-are` the fenders and gang one being made" for eachside of thebox;I

j I The' 'operation is as follows The sliding head Bbeing removed, theand Y Aare removed, and the head B slid into the grooves and fastened byscrews. Butif the tobacco should rise or spring up sniciently tointerfere vwitlrthe insertion' of thel head in the grooves, which it' islikely to do sometimes, after it has been pressed down, the screws b bare loosened, and the upper portonvD raised up, so as to bring thegrooves above the top of the to-` baeco.` The head is tiren-inserted,and 'pressure ap"-t plied threon to bring the whole down, when thescrews b b are tightened; and, if necessary, to make the upper VportionD perfectly secure, -three or more dogs, (Luray be driven infon eachside overthe joints, andwhen opening the box these dogs can be easilywithdrawn and used again.

In the making of the commonpacking tobacco-box, I

1. The packing tobacco-nox, made with grooves to receive and hold theends, the upper end or head being arranged to slide, and having aportion -forming the front attached.v to it, in combination with fendersand gauges E, all as shown and set forth. y

2. The packing tobacco-box, with the upper portieri made separate-andadjustable by the screws b b, in combination with the sliding head, allas shown Aand set forth.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing as Iny inventiouIhavehereunto setrny hand in the presence of two witnesses;

` WILLIAM GILLS.

Witnesses:

W. Beams, H. M. SLADE.

